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High Voltage is an audio channel (channel 202) on XM Satellite Radio. Broadcasting in stereo, High Voltage one of only two talk-based XM channels in stereo -- the other being XM Public Radio. The launch of the channel came the day after XM's August 5, 2004 announcement that they were hiring extreme talk radio personalities Opie and Anthony. For two months, High Voltage repeatedly looped two different, 40-second announcement with no background music touting Opie and Anthony's return. On midnight of October 1, 2004, the loop was interrupted to air 'Opie & Anthony: Ungagged,' which is still available on XM's website *. By April 2005, XM abandoned the premium charge, making High Voltage a standard part of the XM platform. As of November 2005, High Voltage has been added to the DirecTV Total Choice Plus package on channel 879. XM has rated the channel TV-MA L for DirecTV listings. High Voltage will be rebranded as The Virus on Monday, November 20, 2006 and will remain on Channel 202. The name is eponymous to how Opie and Anthony believe their show gains listeners. The launch will feature a new channel logo as well as exposure on packaging of XM Radio products.
History XM 202 High Voltage was originally created for Opie and Anthony. Opie and Anthony premiered on October 4, 2004 where their show ran from 6-10 AM, with replays throughout the day, and blocks of music at night which usually consisted of an active rock playlist. After several months, they moved their start and end time back an hour, beginning to air from 7-11 AM each weekday. For nearly eleven months, O&A were the only program on the channel. After their original show had ended, the replay of the show from that day would begin immediately after. On August 1, 2005, XM announced that they had signed talk-show hosts Ron and Fez, who worked with O&A at WNEW-FM years prior and were long-mentioned on the Opie and Anthony Show as O&A's best friends in radio. On September 12, 2005, Ron and Fez began airing on High Voltage from 11am-2pm every weekday, beginning immediately after O&A end their program. Other shows that have aired on High Voltage include Black Rock Coalition with Earl Douglas, which aired once, The Cosmic Circus with Ron and Fez friend Perrynoid , which also aired once, and The Lazlow Show with tech host Lazlow, which aired twice. Patrice Oneal's Black Philip show has aired several times on Saturday nights from 8-10 PM. O&A have dropped hints as recently as April 21, 2006 that Patrice will sign on to do the show every week in the near future. The program may move to Thursday nights, though, so O'Neal is still able to perform stand-up gigs. Fun Facts & Trivia
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